Climate averages 1991–2020
Polokwane weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Polokwane: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 13.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mokopane (57 km away). In April its highs average 25.6°C, 1.9°C warmer than Polokwane, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Polokwane ranks joint 37th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 22nd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Polokwane is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Polokwane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 116 | 13.7 | 13.413 h |
| February | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 88 | 10.2 | 12.913 h |
| March | 25.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 74 | 9.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 23.6°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 39 | 5.4 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 19.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 10.711 h |
| July | 19.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 3.2 | 0.7 | 10.811 h |
| August | 22.2°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| September | 25.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 13 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 46 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.3°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 98 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| December | 26.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 131 | 15.9 | 13.614 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Mokopane in AprilSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in AprilSouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Thohoyandou in AprilSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Bela Bela in AprilSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AprilSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Somaroboro in AprilSouth Africa · 173 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Hammanskraal in AprilSouth Africa · 206 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Middelburg in AprilSouth Africa · 208 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 40 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Polokwane) is explained once on the Polokwane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.